Cheltenham Betting Tips Friday

The final day of Cheltenham is upon us after Thursday saw More of That win the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at odds of 15/2.

Friday has always been the biggest day of the Cheltenham festival featuring the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase where Bobs Worth is favourite to win this year.

Our betting tips for Friday are below:

1:30 JCB Triumph Hurdle – Rutherglen has won 3 starts over jumps and a flat win over Clerk’s Choice (a previously 160 rated hurdler) is very good form coming into a race with a rating of just 135.

2:05 Vincent O’Brien County Handicap Hurdle – in a very competitive race Montbazon could be worth an each-way look – finished a close 4th in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle last year and is on a 4lbs lower mark.

2:40 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle – Kings Palace likes to be up with the pace and has looked mightily impressive in 3 wins from 4 starts.  Briar Hill will be a short priced favourite for this race but hasn’t beat enough quality animals to warrant our support.

3:20 Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase – First Lieutenant finished 2 1/2 lengths behind Bobs Worth here in 2012 and as an excellent record at Cheltenham (won the 2011 Neptune and finished second in both the 2012 RSA and the 2013 Ryanair).  Form hasn’t been up to par of late but this race may be run to suit and odds of around 8/1 offer a decent each-way betting prospect.  Silviniaco Conti, Last Instalment and Triolo D’Alene make up the remainder of the challenge.

4:00 Cga Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup – Tammys Hill beat the current favourite for this race (On The Fringe) 2 starts ago and has solid form lines throughout – could be worth an each-way bet at odds of around 6/1.

4:40 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle – Leo Luna has form from 2013 that is good enough to be competitive in this race and could be worth an each-way look at odds of around 16/1.

5:15 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup – in a race where bookmakers go 8/1 the field, Easter Meteor could be one at longer odds to surprise – has form from 2012 that is good enough to win a race of this nature – has been out of form lately and odds of around 33/1 support this.